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Page 2 Portland Obaarvar, Octobar 31, 1984 ,\M ' Hearings expose suffering tV F fc V * ¿Coadnuad/hwi Pete I, Cobtmn JJ 1 a [ ; -h eV h c .tfL ■ • • ■ • y r , M er w iu o n tf with the Witness for Peace organi zation, travelled to a farm coop erative la the embattled northern border area where the worked alongside Nicaraguans. A n attack nearby on September 22 destroyed a food storage silo and on September 23 a m ilitary vehicle was rocketed, killing three soldiers and five civil ians, she said. " I t is not you who are guilty but rather your government,** she was told by a woman who lives in the ttv *» > h - • ton wiuÄwX“ j j. Byron K u n lu w i. nationally recognized lecturer and wrltar on m otivation and drug abuaa prevention. visited Portland laat weak. Ma spoke at aavaral sessions with students. teechers. par anta and community members on motivational and aducatlonal (Photo: Richard J. Brown) Tom Coigan, a Jesuit priest from Spokane, visited the northern bor der town o f Ocotal the day after a m ajor contra attack. N icaragua’ s largest lumber mill, an electric com pany substation and a radio station were destroyed in the attack, he said, and civilian workers and by standers were killed. "T h e y killed whoever was there, they do not discriminate. I f they have time to torture, they will.** he said. Eugene resident Ana Kimball re cently returned after IW years as a technical consultant to Nicaragua’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The division’s workforce of 40 has been cut in half by volunteers going to the front to fight contras, said K im ball, and the situation is having an insidious effect on Nicaraguan workers. "W o rk e rs throughout Nicaragua have had to work in le u safe workplaces due to lack of these inspectors," she said. Roger Auerbach, form er presi dent o f the Oregon Federation o f Teachers, described the economic warfare being waged against Nica ragua by the U .S . During a recent tour with U S. labor leaders, he vis ited a textile factory where he said 140 machines were idle because (J.S. companies would not send the ne cessary parts. In Nicaragua's main port, Corinto, over half the forklifts are inoperable for the same reason, he said. C ity Commissioner M ik e L in d berg talked about the damage he saw at Corinto caused by contras at tacking from U.S.-supplied boats. Lindberg is promoting a sister city relationship between C orin to and Portland. Nancy Webster, a Portland social worker who was in Nicaragua for four months earlier this year, suf fered a broken shoulder during her stay and was hospitalized in Blue- fields. In the hospital, she talked with Nicaraguan women severely wounded by the contras. "1 felt very bad being an A m eri can knowing that our tax money was responsible for the severe inju ries of these women," said Webster. She said the total cost for her four days in the hospital with surgery came to 30 cents. A panel of prominent citizens, in cluding Commissioner M argaret Strachon and Rev. John O arling- ton, listened and then responded to the testimony. Oarlington invoked the memory of Martin Luther King’s protests of the Vietnam W a r, and urged the packed crowd to become informed and work for peace. Describing what he called " a n ecology o f hu manity," Oarlington said, "W e can not ignore suffering anywhere in the world or sooner or later we will find it in our back yard." Rainbow endorsements by L anita D u k t Congressman Ron Wyden He Cares ‘82 He Gets Results Paid l'o r Bv Wyden l'o r Congres» PO Box 12473. Portland. OR 97212 O R A S S R O O T N E W S , N .W . — The Oregon Rainbow Organizing Com m ittee, the political legacy from the Jesse Jackson for Presi dent Com m ittee, recently issued their political endorsements for the November 6 election. In tackling their most d iffic u lt decision, when two candidates in the same race reflected the philosophy of the Rainbow Coalition, the Com mittee voted to co-endorse. According to Alma H ill, co-chair of the Rainbow Committee, the en dorsements are: H erb Cawthorne for C ity C ouncil, M argaret Cater for State Rpresentative in the 18th District and Gretchen Kafoury and Linda Johnson were co-endorsed for County Commissioner. H ill said both candidates in the County Commissioner race for District 2 were qualified and sup ported the philosophy of the Rain bow Coalition. She added that Ka foury had a good voting record in the Legislature and supported the creation o f District 18. "D is tric t 18 cut into her district and forced her to run against a for mer ally, Jane Cease. "Johnson has a long history of committment to the Black commun ity. Either one would be representa tive of the Rainbow committee." Other candidates who may not fully identify with or express the Rainbow's philosophy received the committee's endorsement because their victories w ill strengthen the Rainbow C o alitio n . They are: M o n d a le /F e rra ro fo r President; Margie Hendricksen for U.S. Sena tor; Les A uC oin fo r U .S . Repre sentative; Grattan Karens for State Treasurer and Barbara Roberts for Secretary o f State. Why is the committee endorsing M o n d a le /F e rra ro for President when the campaign never incor porated the principals of the Rain bow: Jobs, Peace and Justice? " W e have no other choice. We know what Reagan has done in his four years. O ur best hope is Mondale,** Hill concluded. BILL D E B "I will bo a Commissioner for ALL of the people of Portland." VOTE BILL DEIZ on Nov. 6 224-1470 Campaign Deu for City Council 710 S.W . 2nd. Suita 100, 97204 KAYTORAN OUT FRONT/CIIY COUNCIL IF YOU WANT ACTION ON ISSUES THAT MATTER, YOU WANT KAY TORAN FOR PORTLAND CITY C O U N C IL HERE'S WHAT KAY TORAN SAYS: ON CRIME: To preserve our city's livea bility we must work to control and prevent crime The City Council must be our front m w orking with the Police Bureau to ensure crime con trol and neighborhood pro tection Also, the Council s leadership must extend to innovative youth and adult enme prevention programs with our schools, our neigh borhood associations, our social service agencies and our employers" Paid lor by Friends of Kay Toran Committee VOTE! Margaret Carter, Candidate Democratic State Representative DISTRICT 18 Re-elect Senator Bill McCoy Democrat for Senate District 8 ■ Michael Marcus FOR JUDGE CIRCUIT COURT HIGHLY QUALIFIED I Circuit Court Ralaranca Judge >1 I Circuit Judge Pro Tempore I Oiatilcl Judge Pro Tempore DEPARTMENT 13* t ’ new vacancy— not in voters pamphlet) "a record of superior legal scholarship . . . applied . . . to a career of making l American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel public institutions meet I Circuit Court Arbitration Panel their responsibilities” i Better Business Bureau Arbitrator Attorney tor t4 years April 7. 1962 (T b rO r rg o n ia n • • • • • • TA X REFORM BA8EO ON ABILITY TO PA Y /N O 8ALE8 TAX EQUITY OF RIGHTS FOR M IN O R ITIES A N D W O M EN ADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL FUNDING 8UPPO RT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS CRIM E PR EV EN TIO N /VIC TIM ASSISTANCE ECONOM IC DEVELOPMENT/FULL EMPLOYMENT PAID FOR BY THE COM M ITTEE TO ELECT M ARGARET CARTER, FRED CARTER, TREASURER
